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The Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Representative Men of Chicago, Milwaukee and the World's Columbian Exposition

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BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY AND PORTRAIT GALLERY.
In the presidential campaign of 1888, he became widely known as an effective political speaker, and during the hotly-contested campaign of 1890, in Ohio, in which he participated, he won renown as a campaign orator, who seldom failed to carry conviction to the minds of his auditors.
In 1873, about the time he completed his law studies, Mr. Mason was married to Miss Edith Julia White, the accomplished daughter of Mr.
Geo. White, a prominent citizen of Des Moines, Iowa.
Mr. Mason is a man of domestic tastes, never happier than when by his fireside with his inter¬ esting family of children and charming and esti¬ mable wife. Mrs. Mason, though much sought after in society, and though a cultured hostess, prefers to devote her time to household duties rather than to social pleasures.
SAMUEL J. JONES, M.D., LL.D.
CHICAGO, ILL.
SAMUEL J. JONES, a native of Bainbridge, Pa., was born on March 22, 1836, the son of Dr. Robert H. and Sarah M. (Ekel) Jones. The father, who died in 1863, had been a practicing physician in Pennsylvania for thirty-three years. The mother belonged to one of the oldest families of the old town of Lebanon in that State. In early life, Samuel enjoyed a good educational advantage, and having finished his preparatory studies, at the age of seventeen entered Dickin¬ son College, at Carlisle, Pa., graduating with the degree of A. B. in 1857, being then twenty-one years of age.
Three years later he received from his alma mater the degree of A. M., and in 1884 the same institution conferred upon him the degree of LL. D. He early decided to fit himself for the medical profession, and upon leaving college, with that purpose in view, spent three years in study under the preceptorship of his father, and in 1858 attended his first course of lectures in the medical department of the University of Pennsyl¬ vania, graduating in i860, just thirty years after the graduation of his father from the same insti¬ tution. Being attracted to the United States naval service, by reason of its many advantages for the young practitioner, both professionally and otherwise, he submitted to a competitive ex¬ amination for the position of assistant surgeon, and being successful, received his appoint¬ ment just before the beginning of the War of the Rebellion. In April, 1861, he was ordered to the U. S. steam frigate '' Minnesota," which sailed, under sealed orders, from Boston on May 8, 1861, as the flagship of the Atlantic blockading
squadron. Dr. Jones participated in the naval battle at Hatteras Inlet in August, 1861, which resulted in the capture of the Confederate forts, and ended the troublesome blockade-running at that point, and in which fifteen hundred prisoners were taken. It was the first naval battle in his¬ tory in which steamships were used and kept in motion while in action. J:
In January, 1862, he was temporarily detached from the " Minnesota" and detailed as surgeon of Flag Officer Goldsborough's staff on the Burnside and Goldsborough expedition against Roanoke Island. After its capture he was assigned to duty as the staff surgeon of Commander Rowan in the expedition which resulted in the capture of New- bern, Washington, and other important points on the inner waters of North Carolina. Later he accompanied Lieut. Gushing, of ^'Albermarle'' fame, and Lieut. Lamson in their operations on the Nansemond River for the relief of the Union forces then shut in by General Longstreet at Suffolk, Va. In the" spring of 1863 Dr. Jones was assigned to duty at Philadelphia, and there passed a second examination and was promoted to the grade of surgeon. He was next assigned to duty at Chicago, and there, in addition to his other duties, acted as examining surgeon of those desiring to enter the medical corps for the naval service on the Mississippi River. While here he visited the various military prisons, and examined and passed over three thousand Confederate prisoners who had asked to be shipped into the Government naval service.
In 1864 he was ordered to the sloop-of-w^ar '' Portsmouth," of Admiral Farragut's West Gulf

The Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Representative Men of Chicago, Milwaukee and the World's Columbian Exposition

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The Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Representative Men of Chicago, Milwaukee and the World's Columbian Exposition

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The Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Representative Men of Chicago, Milwaukee and the World's Columbian Exposition

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American Biographical Publishing Company

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This two-volume work from 1892 presents biographical sketches of residents of Chicago, Illinois, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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Chicago, Illinois and New York, New York

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American Biographical Publishing Company

Publication Date (Original)

1892

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English

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Wisconsin Historical Society

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The Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Representative Men of Chicago, Milwaukee and the World's Columbian Exposition

Author

American Biographical Publishing Company

Publication Date (Original)

1892

Publisher-Electronic

Wisconsin Historical Society

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We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org.

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2008

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164
BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY AND PORTRAIT GALLERY.
In the presidential campaign of 1888, he became widely known as an effective political speaker, and during the hotly-contested campaign of 1890, in Ohio, in which he participated, he won renown as a campaign orator, who seldom failed to carry conviction to the minds of his auditors.
In 1873, about the time he completed his law studies, Mr. Mason was married to Miss Edith Julia White, the accomplished daughter of Mr.
Geo. White, a prominent citizen of Des Moines, Iowa.
Mr. Mason is a man of domestic tastes, never happier than when by his fireside with his inter¬ esting family of children and charming and esti¬ mable wife. Mrs. Mason, though much sought after in society, and though a cultured hostess, prefers to devote her time to household duties rather than to social pleasures.
SAMUEL J. JONES, M.D., LL.D.
CHICAGO, ILL.
SAMUEL J. JONES, a native of Bainbridge, Pa., was born on March 22, 1836, the son of Dr. Robert H. and Sarah M. (Ekel) Jones. The father, who died in 1863, had been a practicing physician in Pennsylvania for thirty-three years. The mother belonged to one of the oldest families of the old town of Lebanon in that State. In early life, Samuel enjoyed a good educational advantage, and having finished his preparatory studies, at the age of seventeen entered Dickin¬ son College, at Carlisle, Pa., graduating with the degree of A. B. in 1857, being then twenty-one years of age.
Three years later he received from his alma mater the degree of A. M., and in 1884 the same institution conferred upon him the degree of LL. D. He early decided to fit himself for the medical profession, and upon leaving college, with that purpose in view, spent three years in study under the preceptorship of his father, and in 1858 attended his first course of lectures in the medical department of the University of Pennsyl¬ vania, graduating in i860, just thirty years after the graduation of his father from the same insti¬ tution. Being attracted to the United States naval service, by reason of its many advantages for the young practitioner, both professionally and otherwise, he submitted to a competitive ex¬ amination for the position of assistant surgeon, and being successful, received his appoint¬ ment just before the beginning of the War of the Rebellion. In April, 1861, he was ordered to the U. S. steam frigate '' Minnesota" which sailed, under sealed orders, from Boston on May 8, 1861, as the flagship of the Atlantic blockading
squadron. Dr. Jones participated in the naval battle at Hatteras Inlet in August, 1861, which resulted in the capture of the Confederate forts, and ended the troublesome blockade-running at that point, and in which fifteen hundred prisoners were taken. It was the first naval battle in his¬ tory in which steamships were used and kept in motion while in action. J:
In January, 1862, he was temporarily detached from the " Minnesota" and detailed as surgeon of Flag Officer Goldsborough's staff on the Burnside and Goldsborough expedition against Roanoke Island. After its capture he was assigned to duty as the staff surgeon of Commander Rowan in the expedition which resulted in the capture of New- bern, Washington, and other important points on the inner waters of North Carolina. Later he accompanied Lieut. Gushing, of ^'Albermarle'' fame, and Lieut. Lamson in their operations on the Nansemond River for the relief of the Union forces then shut in by General Longstreet at Suffolk, Va. In the" spring of 1863 Dr. Jones was assigned to duty at Philadelphia, and there passed a second examination and was promoted to the grade of surgeon. He was next assigned to duty at Chicago, and there, in addition to his other duties, acted as examining surgeon of those desiring to enter the medical corps for the naval service on the Mississippi River. While here he visited the various military prisons, and examined and passed over three thousand Confederate prisoners who had asked to be shipped into the Government naval service.
In 1864 he was ordered to the sloop-of-w^ar '' Portsmouth" of Admiral Farragut's West Gulf